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| Sleepless: The Concise King Crimson | ||||
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| Released | September 1993 [1] | |||
| Recorded | 1969-1983 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 75:30 | |||
| Label | Caroline | |||
| Producer | Robert Fripp | |||
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Sleepless: The Concise King Crimson is a compilation by the band King Crimson, released in 1993.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "21st Century Schizoid Man" (including "Mirrors") | Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield | In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) | 7:20 |
| 2. | "Epitaph" (including "March for No Reason" and "Tomorrow and Tomorrow") | Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield | In the Court of the Crimson King | 8:45 |
| 3. | "The Court of the Crimson King" (Abridged version; including "The Return of the Fire Witch" and "The Dance of the Puppets") | McDonald, Sinfield | In the Court of the Crimson King | 5:19 |
| 4. | "Cat Food" (Single edit) | Fripp, McDonald, Sinfield | In the Wake of Poseidon (1970) | 2:45 |
| 5. | "Ladies of the Road" | Fripp, Sinfield | Islands (1971) | 5:30 |
| 6. | "Starless" (Abridged version) | Bill Bruford, David Cross, Fripp, Richard Palmer-James, John Wetton | Red (1974) | 4:36 |
| 7. | "Red" | Fripp | Red | 6:16 |
| 8. | "Fallen Angel" | Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton | Red | 6:00 |
| 9. | "Elephant Talk" | Adrian Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Tony Levin | Discipline (1981) | 4:43 |
| 10. | "Frame by Frame" | Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin | Discipline | 5:07 |
| 11. | "Matte Kudasai" | Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin | Discipline | 3:45 |
| 12. | "Heartbeat" | Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin | Beat (1982) | 3:53 |
| 13. | "Three of a Perfect Pair" | Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin | Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) | 4:11 |
| 14. | "Sleepless" | Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin | Three of a Perfect Pair | 5:22 |
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Robert Fripp is a British musician, songwriter, record producer, and author, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member of the progressive rock band King Crimson. He has worked extensively as a session musician and collaborator, notably with David Bowie, Blondie, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Daryl Hall, Midge Ure, Talking Heads, and David Sylvian. He also composed the startup sound of Windows Vista operating system, in collaboration with Tucker Martine and Steve Ball. His discography includes contributions to over 700 official releases.
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Crimson is a rich, deep red color, inclining to purple. It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term for slightly bluish-red colors that are between red and rose. It is the national color of Nepal.
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"Epitaph" is the third track on British progressive rock band King Crimson's 1969 album In the Court of the Crimson King. It was written by Robert Fripp, Ian McDonald, Greg Lake, and Michael Giles with lyrics written by Peter Sinfield.
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The 1915 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1915 college football season. The Crimson finished with an 8–1 record under eighth-year head coach Percy Haughton. The sole loss was a 10–0 defeat against Cornell. Walter Camp selected three Harvard players as first-team members of his 1915 College Football All-America Team.
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